DA gives P40-M to Kalinga farmers

By Larry T. Lopez 

CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga -- The Dept. of Agriculture has released P40 million financial aid to farmers in the province affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
    Jose Casibang of the Office of Provincial Agriculturist reported this will help some 8,000 farmers recover from losses due to the pandemic. 
    The fund was sourced from Bayanihan Act-2 under the Rice Farmers' Financial Assistance Program.
    Beneficiaries of the aid are small farmers tilling three hectares or below who are registered in the Registry System for Basic Sector of Agriculture (RSBSA).
    The P5,000 aid is released directly to farmer-beneficiary through the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) cash card.
    The DA is also distributing free rice seeds and fertilizer to farmers here under the Rice Resiliency Program-2.
    The province has a total of 20,471 hectares to rice production and contributes 1.3 percent  to the country’s rice sufficiency requirement. – PIA Cordiller